I-O-01 1943
Names |
I-A-1 I-A-2 I-O-01 - I-O-170 |
Builders |
Sonderkommando Siebel, Antwerpen: I-A-1, 2 Dutch and Belgian yards; Orlando, Leghorn: I-O-01 - I-O-170 |
Commissioned |
1940 - 1944: I-A-1, 2, I-O-01-170 |
Losses |
I-O-05 (11.10.1944), I-O-06 (30.10.1944), I-O-07 (19.10.1944), I-O-08 (29.3.1944), I-O-10 (4.4.1944), I-O-12 (19.10.1944), I-O-15 (10/1944), I-O-16 (6.2.1943), I-O-21 (21.3.1943), I-O-23 (8/1943), I-O-27 (4.9.1944), I-O-30 (6.2.1943), I-O-31 (6.2.1943), I-O-32 (6.5.1943), I-O-34 (10/1944), I-O-41 (11.5.1943), I-O-42 (21.3.1944), I-O-44 (4.9.1944), I-O-45 (3/1944), I-O-46 (10/1944), I-O-47 (26.10.1944), I-O-48 (18.8.1944), I-O-49 (1.2.1945), I-O-50 (20.2.1945), I-O-54 (11.10.1944), I-O-60 (12.8.1943), I-O-62 (24.9.1944), I-O-64 (6.5.1943), I-O-65 (10/1944), I-O-68 (19.10.1944), I-O-72 (13.3.1944), I-O-73 (21.5.1944), I-O-74 (19.10.1944), I-O-77 (30.10.1944), I-O-78 (3.4.1943), I-O-79 (8/1943), I-O-85 (30.3.1944), I-O-87 (19.8.1943), I-O-88 (24.3.1944), I-O-95 (15.10.1944), I-O-96 (19.10.1944), I-O-97 (18.7.1944), I-O-102 (15.9.1944), I-O-110 (24.9.1944), I-O-111 (4.3.1944), I-O-114 (10/1944), I-O-115 (3/1944), I-O-170 (20.10.1944) |
Transfers |
Finland, 1943: I-O-101 (VMV101), I-O-103 (VMV103), I-O-104 (VMV104), I-O-105 (VMV105) United Kingdom: I-O-09 (8.5.1945), I-O-91 (5/1945) |
Discarding |
unknown |
Displacement standard, t |
|
Displacement full, t |
20 |
Length, m |
18.5 |
Breadth, m |
4.00 |
Draught, m |
0.78 deep load |
No of shafts |
I-A-1: 1 others: 2 |
Machinery |
I-A-1: 1 BMW VIU petrol engine I-A-2: 2 Henschel diesels I-O-01 and others: 2 Ford or Opel or Maybach petrol engines or Daimler-Benz diesels |
Power, h. p. |
I-A-2: 200 I-O-01 and others: 82 or 65 or 125 or 125 |
Max speed, kts |
I-O-01 and others: 9.7 or 9.5 or 11.9 or 10.8 |
Fuel, t |
petrol or diesel oil 2.9 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 270 - 540(9-11) |
Armament |
(1 - 2) x 1 - 15/84, 1 x 1 - 86 R Ag M42/43 AA RL |
Military load |
7 t of cargo or 40 men |
Complement |
8 |
Project history: Infantry landing crafts (Infanterietransporter) with the V-shaped frames and petrol or diesel automobile motors. Project of colonel Siebel. 172 units were ordered, but only 95 completed (including eight as repair ships); four units were transferred to Finland.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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